Dallas Veterans Day Parade

Ex-inmate misses job interview to save driver in crash

Aaron Tucker, an ex-inmate who served two years in prison, missed a job interview so he could save a man's life instead. Photo via GoFundMe

Aaron Tucker, an ex-inmate who served two years in prison, missed a job interview so he could save a man's life instead. Photo via GoFundMe

Posted: Jul 17 2017 10:38AM CDT

Updated: Jul 17 2017 05:55PM CDT

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP/WJBK - A former inmate on his way to a job interview is being lauded for helping the driver of a car that flipped over on a Connecticut highway.

Aaron Tucker was traveling by bus through Westport Wednesday when he saw the crash and jumped off to help the driver.

Tucker, who lives in a Bridgeport halfway house, helped rescue the driver from the smoking car and wrapped his dress shirt around the man's head to stop a wound from bleeding.

"I asked the bus driver, 'Are you going to help?'" he told WABC. "He said, 'No, and if you get out, I'm going to leave you.' I seen the car smoking up, and the bus driver was still talking. The car started smoking, so I just ran out."

Tucker and two workers from a nearby auto repair shop then pulled the 61-year-old driver out

The bus left the scene and Tucker missed his interview. But he says he's since gotten other job offers.